Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
Ruthven Castle, Badenoch
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.5 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320158
Photograph of Ruthven Castle which is situated on top of a hill top, the site of a former castle, in Scotland. On the right in the foreground is a sharp slope with a large expanse of open land to the left. A road or track passes horizontally through the middle ground.
Ruthven Castle or barracks were built following the Jacobite Rising of 1715 by the British. The barracks occupy the former site of a castle that was built there during the 13th century. During the 15th century, a second castle was constructed which was badly damaged following the Jacobite Uprising of 1689. Soon after the Battle of Culloden, the barracks were damaged by Jacobites leaving the remains as they stand today.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.5 x 7.2 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort, between 1860 and 1861
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Perth and Kinross [Scotland]
- Ruthven Castle [Scotland]
- The Highlands [Scotland]
- Badenoch [Scotland]
- Perth and Kinross [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Castles
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Places
